Saint Mary's beacon., 1887-05-12

10 spe4k 70 Fannx IT. JohI
EGoles wife sister nates MA,
sssted Il her wiaalov and AIRS
Mflisr called 70 bsF
SAY. Fanny. do4 Ter cols
kuou that old 5Irs. snsilIe,.
dssaz
Dead oosa eEas den'i /
say "a : sA,i al.ss i - hzl
work and l<aais a. inssew,
DO CONS. il anA l4l
! Wei aas ssnesn: - jnss
now i rs tsAs to b< Isl din
nsr, aad Hiram % II Bui
dve just fais mint hesa from Ars.
Brown tlaat the old lady was'a dying
yesterday. when Mss Sebbins left
Barnsville. and Of eonrse, ihs funeral
will be to-morroW. Wonder ii your
sister Cole will CO.
i don't know as she's lnsFdsof it.
Miss Fanny Bates ansEssea, N some
excitement. We never hsisd shs was
sick. or Jane would hssagens up to
see her, though conmonlysthsre ain I
much visiting between emf
Mrs. John Cole was bssy making
apple dumplings when her sister
rushed into the kitchen.
'Jane-oh, my! I'm most out Of
breath. Have you heard sfold Mrs.
Coles death in Barnvills. a.
Mrs. John dropped the dumpling
which she was just rounding symmet-
rically in the palms other haads.
Good gracious. Fanny you've given
me a turn. When did she die !? and
how did you hear it?'
She was dying when Mrs. Stebbins
left yesterday, and Mrs. Miller says
the funeral viii be tomorrow
And they never sent me word of
message! Well, that beats But
then We ought to make allowance for
folks, when there's death in the fam
lily, and SO much grief and trouble,
and such let of things to attend to.
Besides, it mightn't be convenient to
get horse and boy to come fifteen
miles to let us know; oall the same
we will 60 to the funeral. 'Twouldn't
heck frisnalv. nee-l;ka kin not ts.do
so; and you can 90 aiocg with rs,
Fanny, being Johns sistsr-in-law.
They'd take it kindly of you
And there's Mrs. Hill,' said Fanny.
She's some sort Of kin to the Coles on
the old mans side. Maybe she and
her daughter would like to 90. as they
have got carryall of their Own- I'll
just run round and let her know
Mrs. John returned to her dump
lings, with deep sigh. p.
1T does seem heartless and unfeel-
ing to be making apple-du9plings for
dinner and ones husbands kin lying
d 0ad in her coffin, she remarked to
her half-grown daughter Lucky,
there's that cake we made for Sum
days meeting. I'll take i with me,
for there'll be sight of falks from a
distance come to the funeral. and some
of 'em will have to stay Ito dinner.
And you can get good basket Of
grapes out of the garden, Lizzie.
They're early and won't come in
amiss. - -.
And we must have p!esty, Of white
flowers, you know, ma, said Lizzis, in
lively excitement and snticipatiOni
and III wear a black s&sh with my
white dress. like Judge Martin
daughters at old Miss Masinis funer.
al
Well all wear our black dresses.
said Mrs. Cole. 1t looks more res.
pectful-like; and I'm told it's the
fashion at funerals, even where there's
no kim
So. next morning, bright and early,
two vehicles were seen 10 leave the
little village, closely crowded with
black robed figures, mesk of whom
carried wreaths and bunshes of white
flowers.
In this part of ths sxsntryit was
the custom to have 81 fbuEyiDgs' al
precisely one o'clock, suzhs party had
no fear of being too la for the fun.
erSi. s-~sz r..
Mr.. John Cole drovshisovn wagon
and Mrs. Hill hers. @ntaining hel
daughter and q connlesef neighbOrs
who, having a slis = acquaintance
with the Barnviile IS. eonsidered
it but friendly and zpee,fuI to tn,
family to attend theussAsral-
They went at q bgistssts until they
approached BarnsillsseEhose primer
pal street they snisrs1aka = proper anC
becoming fnneralkpens
1T does seem teanA ~ II a sort o
shadder hangs over - place to day.